Posted by: Anonymous
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on August 08, 2007 10:55 AM
"Xming is a better choice than Cygwin/X"
Why? What is better, exactly?
"It [Xming] also has the advantage of more active development -- Cygwin/X hasn't been updated since 2004, according to its homepage."
That's because Cygwin/X is mature and stable. It has a lot of users, and no bugfixes were necessary since 2004. I use it every day. For something like an X server, stability and maturity are more important than anything else. I would advise anyone whose work depended on an X server to go with Cygwin/X. I'm a Unix developer at a big bank, using the development system from a Windows XP desktop, and the employer provides Hummingbird's Exceed X server. But the bank also allows us to use Cygwin if we want, and most of my colleagues use Cygwin/X in preference to Hummingbird Exceed (a commercial product), because it seems to be more stable.
The other stuff that comes with Cygwin is "nice to have".
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 198.240.213.26] on August 08, 2007 10:55 AMWhy? What is better, exactly?
"It [Xming] also has the advantage of more active development -- Cygwin/X hasn't been updated since 2004, according to its homepage."
That's because Cygwin/X is mature and stable. It has a lot of users, and no bugfixes were necessary since 2004. I use it every day. For something like an X server, stability and maturity are more important than anything else. I would advise anyone whose work depended on an X server to go with Cygwin/X. I'm a Unix developer at a big bank, using the development system from a Windows XP desktop, and the employer provides Hummingbird's Exceed X server. But the bank also allows us to use Cygwin if we want, and most of my colleagues use Cygwin/X in preference to Hummingbird Exceed (a commercial product), because it seems to be more stable.
The other stuff that comes with Cygwin is "nice to have".
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